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HRSA is the primary U.S. Federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated, or medically vulnerable.
Established in 2005 by the Operations Committee to guide the development and implementation of the DonorNet® redesign, and to establish direction regarding a number of specific technical, procedural and policy questions and concerns related to electronic notification and organ placement. The group includes representatives from OPOs, Transplant Centers and Histocompatibility Labs, as well as AST, ASTS, AOPO and NATCO.
Industry:Health care
Ethical guidelines for creating equitable policies, drafted and circulated to more than 12,000 individuals for public comment, discussed at two public forums, revised accordingly and passed by the Board in June, 1994. The Statement of Principles and Objectives of Equitable Organ Allocation calls policymakers to seek balance among four tenets:
* Enhance availability of transplantable organs
* Allocate organs based upon medical criteria, striving to give equal consideration to medical utility (i.e., net medical benefit to all transplant patients as a group) and justice (i.e., equity in the distribution of the benefits and burdens among all transplant patients)
* Provide transplant candidates reasonable opportunities to be considered for organ offers within comparable time periods, taking into consideration similarities and dissimilarities in medical circumstances as well as technical and logistical factors in organ distribution
* Respect autonomy of persons.
Industry:Health care
Evaluation of a professional's activity or performance by other professionals in the same field. Peer review plays an important role in OPTN activities. The Membership and Professional Standards Committee (MPSC) helps to ensure adherence to policies and membership criteria, consistent application of OPTN standards of practice, and equitable treatment of patients in the transplant community.
Industry:Health care
Federal health coverage protection that requires employers of 20 or more employees to provide employees, and their dependants, the right to continue health insurance benefits when a qualifying event occurs. COBRA lasts for 18 months. OBRA is the federal law that allows an employee to continue health insurance benefits after COBRA, if he/she has elected COBRA coverage due to a Social Security approved disability. OBRA is an 11 month extension of COBRA. See also Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA).
Industry:Health care
Federal legislation requiring all U.S. hospitals to establish written protocols for identifying potential organ donors. The Act also requires hospitals to notify their designated OPO of potential organ donors to:
* ensure that families of potential organ donors are made aware of the option of organ or tissue donation and their option to decline, and to
* encourage discretion and sensitivity by hospitals with respect to the circumstances, views, and beliefs of such families.
The Act also outlined the responsibilities of OPOs, and required OPOs and hospitals performing transplants to comply with the membership standards and policies of the OPTN.
Industry:Health care
Field reviews of OPTN members conducted by OPTN staff to determine compliance with OPTN Policies. The site survey results are reviewed during the peer review process of the OPTN Membership and Professional Standards Committee.
Industry:Health care
For a particular population, the total number of years lived. For example, suppose 10 transplant recipients each lived 30 years following the transplant. As a group, these recipients would have lived 300 life-years.
Industry:Health care
For OPTN data purposes, the use of categories such as White; Black or African-American; Hispanic; Asian, American Indian/ Alaskan Native; Pacific Islander; Multiracial.
Industry:Health care
For the administration of organ allocation and appropriate geographic representation within the OPTN policy structure, the membership is divided into 11 geographic regions. Members belong to the Region in which they are located. The Regions are as follows:
* Region 1 - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island
* Region 2 - Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Northern Virginia, West Virginia
* Region 3 - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Puerto Rico
* Region 4 - Oklahoma, Texas
* Region 5 - Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah
* Region 6 - Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
* Region 7 - Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
* Region 8 - Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Wyoming
* Region 9 - New York, Vermont
* Region 10 - Indiana, Michigan, Ohio
* Region 11 - Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.
Industry:Health care
Formed by HHS in 2000 and comprising members appointed by the Secretary, the ACOT was established to provide additional input regarding HHS oversight of U.S. organ donation and transplantation activity and policies and their affect on patients.
Industry:Health care
